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Old 01-03-2019, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by billdan View Post
If it is proven correct that light slows down over time, it would mean current calculations of distant stars, galaxies and quasars etc are in fact closer to us than previously thought. Plus the calculated size of the observable universe will also shrink.
In my mind, it would mean distant galaxies are in fact much further away than we think. If light was faster in the past, then it has travelled a greater distance than what we see now as it arrives at 300,000 km/sec.
Hence, the mention that really fast light after the Big Bang might get rid of the conundrums of "inflation" and "dark energy".

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